Anchor of Hope Baptist Christian School

Earth Science
Midterm Examination

Name: _________________________ Grade Level/Section:___________

Teacher: Leslie Loren B. Silagon-Lagumbay Score:___________

I. Multiple Choice.
Direction: Write the letter of the corresponding answer before the number. (2 points each)
a. Rock p. Renewable Sources
b. Lithosphere q. Nonrenewable Sources
c. Igneous Rock r. Fossil Fuel
d. Metamorphic Rocks s. Petroleum
e. Sedimentary Rocks t. Natural Gas
f. Geosphere
g. Rock Cycle
h. Aphanitic
i. Phaneritic
j. Minerals
k. Texture
l. Luster
m. Hardness
n. Cleavage
o. Streak

_____1. These rocks are formed through the cooling of magma or lava.

_____2. It is a process wherein rocks are constantly being transformed, generated, and destroyed.

_____3. These rocks are formed from the exposure of sedimentary or igneous rocks to high pressure and high
temperature, or both, deep within earth’s surface.

_____4. It is a rock grain size wherein grains are too small to see or identify.

_____5. It is a rock grain size wherein grains are big enough to see.

_____6. It refers to the color of the powdered mineral produced when a mineral is rubbed across an unweather surface.

_____7. It is the tendency of a mineral to split or cleave along planes of weakness.

_____8. It refers to the quality of light on the surface of rock, crystal, or mineral.

_____9. It is a naturally-occurring liquid composed of complex hydrocarbons.

_____10. It is a hydrocarbon mostly made up of methane.

_____11. It is the ability of the mineral to resist scratching or abrasion.

_____12. It refers to the resources that can be replenished or regenerated on human time scale.

_____13. It refers to the size, shape and arrangement of mineral grains and other constituents.

_____14. These rocks accumulated on Earth’s surface in a process called deposition.

_____15. It is made primarily of rocks containing one or more minerals.

II. Fill in the table
Directions: Fill in the Mohs Scale of Hardness. (15points)

Mohs Scale of Hardness

Index Mineral Scale Common Objects
Diamond
9
8
Quartz
Orthoclase
5
Fluorite
3
Gypsum
Talc

III. Labelling
Direction: Complete the Carbon Cycle through filling in the process.